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On journeys of 100km, cycling isn't feasible as it's too slow.The journeys that are more feasible tend to be:- short, where overheads of starting a car engine from cold significantly sway the economics- short but slow, where traffic congestion is an issue - also hitting on a motorcar's economy

Ride a bike! CO2 is taken care of naturally, and apart from eu-de-sweaty-human, there aren't other toxic emissions to worry about.Or ride a bike with an outboard motor; just don't put ethanol in its plastic tank.

Some good points, but most of the cited evidence of damage relates to either:- concentrations of ethanol greater than they were supposed to be- putting ethanol-blended fuel into something that wasn't designed for it

That's not a good argument against all use of ethanol blends, but does go against mandating all octane-ish fuel be blended.

XP's TCP/IP stack is much the same as NT has been using for quite a while. It takes ages to ramp up the TCP window size. It makes for terrible results on "speed tests" unless the test is quite a long download.Vista is much more aggressive in increasing the receive window.

Run a throughput monitor of some sort while performing the test - preferably one that graphs throughput against time.

Add a few more players to the game, and you get:- A national system of tollways, with microcharging so it's useable on roads of any size- A billing system for parking stations, event parking, or even roadside parking at all in city zones- Ability to charge more for certain roads during peak periods (like a congestion tax)- A speed tax?

I've been a consumer of ameteur music & sound equipment for a while, in Australia. I've been appalled at the way such things are priced here. US web prices are less than half the local "discount" and online prices, let alone in-store small-retailer prices. Even paying international air freight on individual items, it's a huge difference.

I spoke with a retailer about it, and it comes down to there being only one distributor who fixes the minimum prices locally, with the threat of shutting off access to ALL brands if a retailer attempts parallel imports or breaches the specified price. I can empathise with a low-turnover retailer, but not with a sole importer holding a captive market.

Australian law explicitly allows parallel or grey imports, but cannot force a distributor to deal with a retailer. Further, international web sellers are often prevented from selling internationally by their own supplier contracts.

I'm most appreciative of Behringer's policy on international pricing, which stops me being ripped off by a monopoly importer.